Judge to couples: 'Get married or stay away from each other'

(KLTV) An East Texas judge has come under fire for allegedly including a requirement of marriage in his criminal probation.

After reports of the unusual marriage order Judge Randall Rogers gave a Tyler man in July, other East Texas residents came forward with similar accounts; other cases of more couples whose sentence in criminal court included matrimony.

According to court transcripts, Rogers gave 21-year old Josten Bundy a choice during a hearing on a misdemeanor assault charge.

Rogers told Bundy he could either marry his girlfriend, 19-year old Elizabeth Jaynes, or spend 15 days in jail.

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